And will I get my life back?
We brought him home at 9 weeks and from day one have been consistent with training, crate trained and lots of enrichment. He has stuffed kongs, slow feeders, licky mats.
We recently started gundog training with him and he's been doing really well.
But my god...I'm on my knees and regret getting him most days.
He just doesn't know how to settle despite trying to teach him every day. I can't relax at any time as have to have eyes on him 24/7 and am constantly on edge waiting for the next thing to be stolen or chewed.
He constantly steals things like shoes, hats, pens anything that he can reach. He counter surfs despite everything being put back out of his reach.
I find it hard to play with him as he quickly gets over excited and starts biting and jumping on me.
He tries to steal our food at mealtimes but barks of he's shut out for us to eat so it's really stressful. We have stairgates everywhere.
I know he's only young it's making me so down and tired. I feel like I did so much research before we got him and have put a lot into training and enrichment for him that I don't know why I'm struggling.
My previous dog was a JRT that we had from 4 years old so we bypassed the puppy stage. We had 12 wonderful years together and I'm still grieving for her even though it's been over a year although I know it's not fair to compare the two.
Please tell me it gets easier? I should add there's no question of rehoming.